Alexis

Rainey

200 hr CYT

YOGA INSTRUCTOR

About

me

Through my own yoga journey, I've learned that, while yoga can be a lot of things, the only thing it should be is exactly what you need it to be each time you step onto your mat. As a teacher, my aim is to cultivate a warm, inviting, safe, and light-hearted space for yogis from all walks of life to discover whatever it is they seek in their practice. I encourage self-exploration & curiosity, and am a strong believer that yoga is still yoga even if there’s more laughter and levity than there is stoicism.

My long and beautiful relationship with yoga started early, with my mom’s ​“Beginner Yoga” DVDs I’d stumbled upon in our family’s TV console. But it wasn’t ​until my 20s that yoga made a home in my life in an irreversible way. In my early ​college years, I was battling bouts of depression and mania, having recently ​been diagnosed with generational bipolar disorder. In many ways, I felt lost in ​my own mind. Desperate to regain a sense of stability, it was then that I dove ​into yoga head first. Attending classes at the sweetest hot yoga studio, Five ​Points Yoga (Athens, GA), often twice a day, yoga truly felt like the only thing ​that could keep me grounded. It kept me centered as I navigated not only the ​insanity that is young adulthood, but the complexities of undiagnosed to ​diagnosed mental illness and embarking on the long, unforgiving journey ​toward emotional wellness.


In the many years between then and now, the depth of my practice has had its ​peaks and valleys. But the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 was the ​catalyst to a new level of commitment to my practice, and it’s been deepening ​more and more since then. The culmination of those years led to taking on 200-​hour yoga teacher training with Mandy Roberts of {FORM} Yoga – having ​graduated in October of 2023.


As a human and a yoga teacher, I am a fierce advocate for taking what you need ​and leaving the rest (both on and off the mat). If you like intentionally syncing ​movement to breath, set to the backdrop of a pretty kick ass and meticulously ​crafted playlist, gently guided by someone who’s often been described as ​having “Mama Bear Energy” (oh, and you don’t mind your yoga teacher cursing… ​potentially a lot?) … then you just might want to check out one of my classes!


Flow with me...

Current Class Schedule

60m Vinyasa - every Sunday, 4pm

Upcoming Workshops

& Pop-Ups

anurati yoga

Macrame Yoga Sling Workshop, Sunday, July 14th, 2-3:15PM


Backbend Asana Workshop, Sunday, July 28th, 2-3:15pm


Arm Balance Asana Workshop, Sunday, August 11th, 2-3:30pm ​(Registration Link Coming Soon!)